China on Friday reaffirmed that it was committed to peace and stability in the South China Sea, rejecting US President Barack Obama's comments that Beijing was using its "sheer size and muscle" to intimidate its neighbors.
"I think everybody can see who has the biggest size and muscle in the world," said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying at a routine press briefing.
During an event in Jamaica on Thursday ahead of a Caribbean summit in Panama, Obama said the US was concerned that China was not abiding by international norms and was using its "size and muscle" to bully smaller claimants such as the Philippines and Vietnam.
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